Etymology

cleistogamous

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Today it means: Pertaining to cleistogamy. Full definition →

Ancient Greek κλειστός
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromκλειστός“closed”
  2. English todaycleistogamous

From Ancient Greek κλειστός (kleistós, “closed”) + -gamous.

Words from the same roots

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